And coach Ante Cacic condemned the actions of supporters after the game labelling those who did so "terrorists".

"These people are really scary, that is why I call them hooligans. These are not really Croatian supporters. These are sports terrorists. The main thing our country doesn't want to mess with this kind of hooligans.

"This is maybe just a question about six to 10 individuals. I hope they can be identified and punished. I hope the Croatia FA is doing everything to prevent this but it is impossible to avoid.

"Ninety-five percent of our supporters are ashamed in front of Europe, the players are very sad that after playing a beautiful match this happens."

Ivan Perisic said: "Maybe it's best that we don't play at all than that these things keep happening," while fellow goalscorer Ivan Rakitic added: "We’ll have to see if we can play against Spain. Maybe we’ll have to go home.

"We don’t play behind closed doors for no reason.”

Captain Darijo Srna also moved to decry the actions of some fans.

"I have no words for what happened today," he said. "Time and again it happens and nothing is done."

Russia already face the prospect of being thrown out of the tournament following disturbances inside the Stade Velodrome in Marseille.

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UEFA handed out a suspended suspension to the Russian federation and Croatia can expect similar sanctions against them as the European governing body look to crack down on the crowd violence that has marred the tournament.

Croatia are already under investigation following crowd incidents in their opening 1-0 win over Turkey.

On the pitch Croatia led 2-1 when the flares were thrown on to the pitch before conceding a late penalty to draw.